In this 10-page update from CARE, I was struck by this comment: “The geographical scale of this disaster and the number of affected people makes this a bigger and more complex situation than almost any other ever faced by the humanitarian community.”

PakistanFloodReliefUpdateDec2010

18 million people have been affected by the flooding, with millions in urgent need of assistance. CARE has so far been able to offer shelter and medical/health assistance to 100,000 people – a small fraction of those in need. Part of the problem is that this crisis has not led to the same outpouring of support that followed the tsunami or the Haitian earthquake. Aid organizations are working with much smaller budgets in Pakistan. Although our role is small, Ipswitch is glad to support CARE’s relief effort.